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2003–04 season
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Manager	Glenn Hoddle (until 21 September) David Pleat (from 21 September)
Premier League	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Robbie Keane (14) All: Robbie Keane (16)
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The 2003–04 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 12th season in the Premier League and 26th successive season in the top division of the English football league system

Season summary

A dismal start to the season cost Glenn Hoddle his job and he was sacked as manager on 21 September after two-and-a-half years at the helm. Director of Football David Pleat took over first team duties until the end of the season but was unable to inspire Tottenham to a challenge for European qualification, nor either of the cup competitions, and a 14th-place finish in the final table was Tottenham's lowest since 1998.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  IRL Stephen Carr 3 DF  ARG Mauricio Taricco 5 DF  SCG Goran Bunjevčević 6 MF  ENG Michael Brown 7 MF  ENG Darren Anderton 8 FW  POR Hélder Postiga 9 FW  MLI Frédéric Kanouté 10 FW  IRL Robbie Keane 12 DF  IRL Gary Doherty 13 GK  USA Kasey Keller 14 MF  URU Gustavo Poyet 15 MF  ENG Jamie Redknapp 18 FW  ENG Jermain Defoe 21 DF  RSA Mbulelo Mabizela

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  ENG Lee Barnard 23 MF  GER Christian Ziege 24 GK  ENG Rob Burch 26 DF  ENG Ledley King (captain) 27 MF  ENG Rohan Ricketts 28 MF  IRL Mark Yeates 29 MF  WAL Simon Davies 30 DF  ENG Anthony Gardner 31 MF  ENG Dean Marney 32 MF  ENG Johnnie Jackson 33 GK  CAN Lars Hirschfeld 34 DF  IRL Stephen Kelly 35 FW  ENG Jamie Slabber 36 DF  ENG Dean Richards

Last updated: 14 October 2019.
Source: footballsquads.co.uk

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
25 June 2003	ST		Hélder Postiga	Porto	£6,250,000
18 July 2003	ST		Bobby Zamora	Brighton and Hove Albion	£1,500,000
8 August 2003	DF		Mbulelo Mabizela	Orlando Pirates	Undisclosed
4 August 2003	ST		Frédéric Kanouté	West Ham United	£3,500,000
2 January 2004	MF		Michael Brown	Sheffield United	£500,000
4 February 2004	ST		Jermain Defoe	West Ham United	£7,000,000

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
13 June 2003	DF		Alton Thelwell	Hull City	Free
30 June 2003	ST		Teddy Sheringham	Portsmouth	Free
17 July 2003	DF		Ben Thatcher	Leicester City	£300,000
1 August 2003	ST		Steffen Iversen	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free
4 August 2003	MF		Matthew Etherington	West Ham United	£1,000,000 Part Exchange
29 August 2003	GK		Neil Sullivan	Chelsea	Free
28 November 2003	DF		Chris Perry	Charlton Athletic	£100,000
28 January 2004	MF		Jonathan Blondel	Club Brugge	Undisclosed
4 February 2004	ST		Bobby Zamora	West Ham United	Part Exchange

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End	Ref.
1 September 2003	DF		Paul Konchesky	Charlton Athletic	January 2004
1 September 2003	MF		Stéphane Dalmat	Internazionale	Season

Loan out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End	Ref.
28 January 2004	MF		Milenko Ačimovič	Lille	five-month loan

Released

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 August 2003	MF		Steffen Freund	Kaiserslautern	Released
28 November 2003	DF		Ronnie Henry	Free Agent	Released
28 November 2003	MF		Jonathan Black		Released
27 July 2004	ST		Serhii Rebrov	West Ham United	Released

Overall transfer activity

Competitions Overview

Premier League

League table

Results

Manager: Glenn Hoddle

16 August 2003 (2003-08-16) 1	Birmingham City	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Birmingham
	Dunn 36 pen'	Report		Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 29,398 Referee: Rob Styles

23 August 2003 (2003-08-23) 2	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Leeds United	Haringey, London
	Taricco 41' Kanouté 71'	Report	Alan Smith 5'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,354 Referee: Steve Dunn

30 August 2003 (2003-08-30) 4	Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	Fulham	Haringey, London
		Report	Hayles 23', 67' Boa Morte 71'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 33,421 Referee: Jeff Winter

13 September 2003 (2003-09-13) 5	Chelsea	4–2	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Lampard 35' Mutu 37', 75' Hasselbaink 90'	Report	Kanouté 25', 87'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,165 Referee: Graham Poll

20 September 2003 (2003-09-20) 6	Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	Southampton	Haringey, London
	Kanouté 62'	Report	Beattie 2', 43' Phillips 60'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,784 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Caretaker Manager: David Pleat

4 October 2003 (2003-10-04) 8	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Everton	Haringey, London
	Kanouté 71' Poyet 46' Keane 46'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,137 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

19 October 2003 (2003-10-19) 9	Leicester City	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester
	Dickov 38'	Report	Mabizela 79' Kanouté 90'	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 31,521 Referee: Andy D'Urso

1 November 2003 (2003-11-01) 11	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Bolton Wanderers	Haringey, London
		Report	Nolan 73'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,191 Referee: Uriah Rennie

8 November 2003 (2003-11-08) 12	Arsenal	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Pires 69' Ljungberg 79'	Report	Anderton 5'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,101 Referee: Mark Halsey

23 November 2003 (2003-11-23) 13	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Aston Villa	Haringey, London
	Ricketts 78' Keane 81'	Report	Allbäck 66'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 33,140 Referee: Jeff Winter

29 November 2003 (2003-11-29) 14	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Blackburn
	Greško 78'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 22,802 Referee: Graham Poll

6 December 2003 (2003-12-06) 15	Tottenham Hotspur	5–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Haringey, London
	Keane 29', 75', 83' Kanouté 50' Dalmat 90'	Report	Ince 30' Rae 84'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,825 Referee: Uriah Rennie

13 December 2003 (2003-12-13) 16	Newcastle United	4–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Newcastle
	Robert 35', 55' Shearer 59', 66'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,139 Referee: Alan Wiley

21 December 2003 (2003-12-21) 17	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	Manchester United	Haringey, London
	Poyet 63'	Report	O'Shea 15' van Nistelrooy 25'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,910 Referee: Rob Styles

26 December 2003 (2003-12-26) 18	Portsmouth	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Portsmouth
	Berger 52', 68'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,078 Referee: Steve Dunn

28 December 2003 (2003-12-28) 19	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Charlton Athletic	Haringey, London
		Report	Cole 69'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,534 Referee: Paul Durkin

7 January 2004 (2004-01-07) 20	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	Birmingham City	Haringey, London
	Dalmat 10', 24' Davies 39' Keane 79'	Report	Savage 68' (pen.)	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 30,016 Referee: Barry Knight

10 January 2004 (2004-01-10) 21	Leeds United	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Leeds
		Report	Keane 56'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 35,365 Referee: Mark Halsey

17 January 2004 (2004-01-17) 22	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Liverpool	Haringey, London
	Keane 25 pen' Postiga 54'	Report	Kewell 75'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,104 Referee: Uriah Rennie

31 January 2004 (2004-01-31) 23	Fulham	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Malbranque 45 pen' McBride 67'	Report	Keane 18 pen'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 17,024 Referee: Matt Messias

7 February 2004 (2004-02-07) 24	Tottenham Hotspur	4–3	Portsmouth	Haringey, London
	Defoe 13' Keane 41', 78' Poyet 89'	Report	Berkovic 39' LuaLua 73' Mornar 84'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,107 Referee: Peter Walton

11 February 2004 (2004-02-11) 25	Charlton Athletic	2–4	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Stuart 51' Perry 81'	Report	Davies 10' Defoe 43' King 46' Jackson 85'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,660 Referee: Graham Barber

22 February 2004 (2004-02-22) 26	Tottenham Hotspur	4–4	Leicester City	Haringey, London
	Brown 6' Defoe 13', 89' Keane 28'	Report	Doherty 9' (o.g.) Ferdinand 51' Thatcher 74' Bent 79'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,218 Referee: Neale Barry

9 March 2004 (2004-03-09) 27	Middlesbrough	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Middlesbrough
	Németh 73'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 31,789 Referee: Mark Halsey

14 March 2004 (2004-03-14) 28	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Newcastle United	Haringey, London
	O'Brien 86' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,083 Referee: Howard Webb

20 March 2004 (2004-03-20) 29	Manchester United	3–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
	Giggs 30' Cristiano Ronaldo 89' Bellion 90'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,634 Referee: Dermt Gallagher

27 March 2004 (2004-03-27) 30	Southampton	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton
	Delap 64'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,973 Referee: Chris Foy

3 April 2004 (2004-04-03) 31	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Chelsea	Haringey, London
		Report	Hasselbaink 38'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,101 Referee: Steve Bennett

9 April 2004 (2004-04-09) 32	Everton	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Merseyside
	Unsworth 17' Naysmith 24' Yobo 40'	Report	Carr 75'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,086 Referee: Rob Styles

12 April 2004 (2004-04-12) 33	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Manchester City	Haringey, London
	Defoe 52'	Report	Anelka 25'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,282 Referee: Chris Foy

17 April 2004 (2004-04-17) 34	Bolton	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Bolton
	Campo 7' Pedersen 65'	Report		Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 26,440 Referee: Jeff Winter

25 April 2004 (2004-04-25) 35	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Arsenal	Haringey, London
	Redknapp 62' Keane 90' (pen.)	Report	Vieira 3' Pires 35'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,097 Referee: Mark Halsey

2 May 2004 (2004-05-02) 36	Aston Villa	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Birmingham
	Ángel 5'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,573 Referee: Neale Barry

8 May 2004 (2004-05-08) 37	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Haringey, London
	Defoe 18'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,698 Referee: Andy D'Urso

15 May 2004 (2004-05-15) 38	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Wolverhampton
		Report	Keane 34' Defoe 57'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 29,389 Referee: Steve Bennett

FA Cup

3 January 2004 (2004-01-03) 3rd round	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Crystal Palace	Haringey, London
	Kanouté 15', 20', 48'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 32,340 Referee: Andy D'Urso

25 January 2004 (2004-01-25) 4th round	Manchester City	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Greater Manchester
	Anelka 10'	Report	Doherty 57'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Steve Dunn

4 February 2004 (2004-02-04) 4th round (Replay)	Tottenham Hotspur	3–4	Manchester City	Haringey, London
	King 2' Keane 19' Ziege 43'	Report	Distin 48' Bosvelt 61' Wright-Phillips 80' Macken 90'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 30,400 Referee: Rob Styles

League Cup

24 September 2003 (2003-09-24) 2nd round	Coventry City	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Coventry
		Report	Kanouté 13' Keane 23' Ricketts 78'	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 15,474 Referee: Mike Jones

29 October 2004 (2004-10-29) 3rd round	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0 (a.e.t.)	West Ham United	Haringey, London
	Zamora 92'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36, 053 Referee: Graham Barber

3 December 2004 (2004-12-03) 4th round	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Manchester City	Haringey, London
	Anderton 9' Postiga 29' Kanouté 90'	Report	Fowler 80'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 31,727 Referee: Paul Durkin

17 December 2003 (2003-12-17) 5th round	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Middlesbrough	Haringey, London
	Anderton 2'	Report	Ricketts 86'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 25,307 Referee: Mike Dean
	Penalties
	Keane Carr Konchesky Poyet Kanouté Taricco		Ricketts Juninho Zenden Mills Mendieta Queudrue

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	GK	USA	Kasey Keller	45	0	38	0	3	0	4	0
Defenders
2	DF	IRL	Stephen Carr	39	1	32	1	3	0	4	0
3	DF	ARG	Mauricio Taricco	37	1	31+1	1	2	0	3	0
5	DF	SCG	Goran Bunjevčević	8	0	3+4	0	0	0	1	0
12	DF	IRL	Gary Doherty	22	1	16+1	0	2	1	2+1	0
21	DF	RSA	Mbulelo Mabizela	7	1	0+6	1	0	0	0+1	0
30	DF	ENG	Anthony Gardner	40	0	33	0	3	0	4	0
34	DF	IRL	Stephen Kelly	11	0	7+4	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	ENG	Dean Richards	26	0	23	0	1	0	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ENG	Michael Brown	19	1	17	1	2	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Darren Anderton	24	3	16+4	1	1	0	3	2
14	MF	URU	Gus Poyet	25	3	12+8	3	1+1	0	2+1	0
15	MF	ENG	Jamie Redknapp	17	1	14+3	1	0	0	0	0
23	MF	GER	Christian Ziege	10	1	7+1	0	1	1	1	0
26	MF	ENG	Ledley King	35	2	28+1	1	3	1	3	0
27	MF	ENG	Rohan Ricketts	28	2	12+12	1	0	0	3+1	1
28	MF	IRL	Mark Yeates	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	WAL	Simon Davies	20	2	17	2	2+1	0	0	0
31	MF	ENG	Dean Marney	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	ENG	Johnnie Jackson	14	1	9+2	1	1+2	0	0	0
Forwards
8	FW	POR	Hélder Postiga	24	2	9+10	1	2	0	1+2	1
9	FW	MLI	Frédéric Kanouté	31	12	19+8	7	1	3	2+1	2
10	FW	IRL	Robbie Keane	41	16	31+3	14	3	1	4	1
18	FW	ENG	Jermain Defoe	15	7	14+1	7	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
11	MF	FRA	Stephane Dalmat	28	3	12+10	3	2+1	0	1+2	0
16	DF	ENG	Paul Konchesky	15	0	10+2	0	0	0	2+1	0
20	MF	BEL	Jonathan Blondel	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
25	FW	ENG	Bobby Zamora	18	1	6+10	0	0+1	0	1	1

Last updated: 30 May 2004
Source: soccerbase.com

Goal scorers

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	10	Robbie Keane	14	1	1	16
2	FW	9	Frédéric Kanouté	7	3	2	12
3	FW	18	Jermain Defoe	7	0	0	7
4	MF	7	Darren Anderton	1	0	2	3
	MF	11	Stephane Dalmat	3	0	0	3
	MF	14	Gus Poyet	3	0	0	3
7	FW	8	Hélder Postiga	1	0	1	2
	DF	26	Ledley King	1	1	0	2
	MF	27	Rohan Ricketts	1	0	1	2
	MF	29	Simon Davies	2	0	0	2
11	DF	2	Stephen Carr	1	0	0	1
	DF	3	Mauricio Taricco	1	0	0	1
	MF	6	Michael Brown	1	0	0	1
	DF	12	Gary Doherty	0	1	0	1
	MF	15	Jamie Redknapp	1	0	0	1
	DF	21	Mbulelo Mabizela	1	0	0	1
	MF	23	Christian Ziege	0	1	0	1
	FW	25	Bobby Zamora	0	0	1	1
	MF	32	Johnnie Jackson	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				46	7	8	61

Clean sheets

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

Rnk	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	13	Kasey Keller	8	1	2	11
TOTALS			8	1	2	11

References

1. "Spurs sack Hoddle". BBC Sport. 21 September 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
2. Richard Bright (22 September 2003). "Hoddle sacked after Spurs' poor start". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
3. Kanouté was born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France, and has represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his debut for Mali in January 2004
4. "Spurs sign Postiga". BBC Sport. 25 June 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
5. "Spurs sign Zamora". BBC Sport. 18 July 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
6. Gleeson, Mark (8 August 2003). "Mabizela earns his Spurs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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12. "Foxes sign Thatcher". BBC Sport. 17 July 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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18. "Spurs grab Dalmat". BBC Sport. 1 September 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2003.
19. "Acimovic joins Lille". BBC Sport. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
20. "Freund joins Kaiserslautern". BBC Sport. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
21. "Hammers sign Rebrov". BBC Sport. 27 July 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

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